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I'm Sylvia Burgos Toftness, a baby boomer who traveled from the Bronx to Minnesota yrs ago to be a TV reporter. In communications since then, I've worked with producers and good-food advocates in several states. My husband David and I are now developing Bull Brook Keep - 70 acres devoted to sustainable grass-fed beef and, eventually, pastured poultry.

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  1. Update&Photos: Ladies and gentlemen - start your seedlings!
    Monday, March 12, 2012
  2. Podcast: FERN's Sam Fromartz - the how's & why's of food investigative journalism
    Monday, March 05, 2012
  3. Listen in: Sat., March 3, 8:30-9AM CT - Reporters investigate food, politics, environment
    Friday, March 02, 2012
  4. Shared challenge: growing great beef in winter
    Saturday, February 25, 2012
  5. Wanna farm? Maybe start with chickens!
    Friday, February 24, 2012
  6. It's the grass, man
    Friday, February 24, 2012
  7. And the winner is...
    Friday, February 24, 2012
  8. Women. Young. Older. Farmers. Everywhere.
    Thursday, February 23, 2012
  9. Podcast: Rodale 30-yr field trial shows organic farming outperforms conventional, chemical ag system
    Monday, February 20, 2012
  10. Podcast: Tomatoland author, Barry Estabrook. Winter tomato - taste, nutrition and slavery
    Friday, February 17, 2012

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  1. Andrea on Update&Photos: Ladies and gentlemen - start your seedlings!
    3/12/2012
  2. Sylvia Burgos on Podcast: Rodale 30-yr field trial shows organic farming outperforms conventional, chemical ag system
    2/24/2012
  3. Trevor Lockwood on Podcast: Rodale 30-yr field trial shows organic farming outperforms conventional, chemical ag system
    2/22/2012
  4. Irene on Podcast: Rodale 30-yr field trial shows organic farming outperforms conventional, chemical ag system
    2/20/2012
  5. Sylvia Burgos on Update: waiting for 7 babies
    2/15/2012
  6. MARY NELSON on Update: waiting for 7 babies
    2/14/2012
  7. Kay on Podcast: Gearld Fry on human health and recapturing grass-fed beef genetics
    1/11/2012
  8. Debbie G on Help name the first calf! Read on.
    3/1/2011
  9. Sylvia Burgos on Podcast: Cody Holmes on ranching full time in 3 hours a day. Update: cows at 35-below zero
    2/27/2011
  10. Julie Shelton on Podcast: Cody Holmes on ranching full time in 3 hours a day. Update: cows at 35-below zero
    2/26/2011
BRONXTOBARN.COM: Tag Archive for grass-fed beef

Shared challenge: growing great beef in winter

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 2/25/2012 9:11 AM | Add Comment

Wanna farm? Maybe start with chickens!

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 2/24/2012 4:49 PM | Add Comment

Women. Young. Older. Farmers. Everywhere.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 2/23/2012 10:42 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Fed rules for cattle earrings = road block for local grass-fed meat?

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 2/9/2012 9:33 AM | Add Comment

Podcast: NY's Fleisher's Grass-fed & Organic Meats, sustainable butchers and good-food evangelists

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/25/2012 10:47 PM | Add Comment

Tune in Saturday, Jan. 21, 8:30-9AM Central - Brooklyn's Fleisher's butcher shop

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/22/2012 10:31 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Gearld Fry on human health and recapturing grass-fed beef genetics

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/11/2012 12:22 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

A wet nose

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 12/25/2011 10:23 PM | Add Comment

Giving thanks

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 11/24/2011 11:30 PM | Add Comment

Update: Can this washer handle ground-in manure?

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 8/2/2011 3:36 PM | Add Comment

Video: Cows run, stop, are puzzled by first hay paddock.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 11/7/2010 9:43 PM | Add Comment

Worked big tractor - up 8 feet

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 10/23/2010 9:44 PM | Add Comment

Farm update, photos, upcoming radio show - the farmer's story

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 10/6/2010 9:14 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

So how much do you get from a whole steer? Wanna do an easy book club with me this winter?

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 9/22/2010 6:39 PM | Add Comment

Podcast: Why Crystal Creek supplies only naturally-based nutrition and healthcare for livestock, pets and humans. Update: growing hay for 2011-12.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 9/7/2010 9:18 PM | Add Comment

Update: first steer harvested. Sandhill cranes begin to fly. Moving into fall.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 8/31/2010 8:45 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Alotta bull-photos.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 6/23/2010 8:08 PM | Add Comment

Mr. Big has arrived. Video: sinking 10' fence post.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 6/4/2010 9:10 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Stopped by the boarder. Bull to arrive Friday.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 5/31/2010 9:30 PM | Add Comment

Raspberries planted. Another farmer in the family. A bull rented.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 5/25/2010 7:22 PM | Add Comment

Calf #3 arrives! Listen in - Saturday a.m. radio interview w/Paul Dettloff DVM on alternative treatments

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 4/9/2010 8:46 PM | Add Comment

The rush to keep cows off the grass! Launched radio show pilot.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 3/30/2010 8:06 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Podcast: Woman naval officer gets ready to graze beef. Interested in radio show about sustainable ag?

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 3/22/2010 9:59 PM | View Comments (12) | Add Comment

Podcast: Cody Holmes writes the book on holistic intensive grazing in 3-hours a day. Video: rainy day fencing

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 3/15/2010 8:42 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Podcast interview with Greg Judy - grazier, author, teacher. The "girls" looking good.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 2/13/2010 8:55 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

How big is a steer salad? The color of farm work.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/20/2010 9:40 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

About round cows and masculine bulls

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/16/2010 9:56 PM | Add Comment

The long trek for great bacon. One cow gets a name.

Posted by Sylvia Burgos at 1/10/2010 8:46 PM | Add Comment